Bumper for motor cars



Patented llov. l0, i925. i f p i UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcra'.,A

WYETH o. MAzn, F WIoHrrA, KANSAS.

BUMPER FOR MOTOR CARS.

Application led February 10, 1925. Serial No. 8,255Ql To all 107mm t may concern.' steel, and their end portions are preferably 45 Be it known that l, l/'YETH C. MAZE, a curved a little, and they are relied on to citizen of the United States, residing at receive the impact of any body which comes Wichita, in the county oli Sedgwick and in ,contact with the bumper.

i State of Kansas, have invented certain new lThe beams are not spring beams, and they and useful Improvements in Bumpers for` merely hold the spring bumper bars in place. 50 Motor Cars, ot which the following is a Braces are secured at one end tothe sides specification. of the beams between their ends, and at This invention relates to bumpers for their other ends to the wheel fendersQl, por-j V? motorcars,andmore particularly tobumpers tions of which are shown in dottedlines.

adapted to be secured to the rear ends of the rlhese braces are curved and twisted tosuit 55 ears and having braces for the Wheel fenders the various makes of cars and their 'differcombined with them; and it consists in the ently positioned wheel fenders. The braces novel construction and combination of the can lonly be secured satisfactorily in this parts hereinafter fully described .and way when the beams are not springs which claimed. are sprung out of position or shape'wheny 60y v In the drawings, Figure l is a plan view the bumper strikes an object.` The iron ot a bumper constructed according to this beams do not break as easily as the supports invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the of spring steel ordinarily used, and' they same. Fig. 8 is a side view of the bumper. can be furnished and attached to motor car a is a cross-section through the spring with very little oost and expense. 05 bars, taken on the line 4 4 in Fig. l. What I claim is: i. n

'.lwo straight supportingbeams 6 are'prol. A. bumper for a motor car, comprisingl vided. These beams are angle-shaped in two stili' beams angle-shaped in cross-section ss-se f.. and are arranged parallel to and provided at one end with means for ser. The beams are straight from securing them topa car frame, said means 70 end, and they are formed ot iron having end plates at their other ends aris ftiti and strong. They are not ranged crosswise of them, and horizontal resilient springs, or made of steel. it one spring bumper bars secured to the said end end these beams are provided with any suitplates.

able bolts or clamping devices '7 `for securing 2. A bumper for a motor car, comprising 7a them to the frame 8 ot the motor car, a two stiff beams angle-shaped in cross-section portion of which is shown' in dotted lines. and provided at one end with means for sert the other end the beams 6 have end plates curing them to a car frame, said beams being or Vflanges 9 'forged on them and 4arranged arranged parallel to each other and having crossv-.fise of their main portions. rlwo simiend plates at their other ends arranged cross- Se r loops l0 are provided, and'have washers wise of their main portions, loops having their mit die parts. Bolts lili are artheir middle parts secured to the end plates, ed in holes in the loops, i hers and end and horizontal spring bumper bars clamped 9, anc secure the loops to the beams. in the upper and lower end portions of the rizontal bars l5 oic spring steel are said loops. v securely clamped by the bolts la in the ln testimony whereof` I have affixed my npner and lower end portions of the loops signature.

i0. These bars are made of light spring WYETHVC. MAZE.' 

